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15 years ago

External Control of Netflix channel?

Are there known parameters that can be passed to Netflix player when started with ECP /launch ? In particular i have in mind being able to pass movie ID to be started. To illustrate the need, check...

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Roku Guru

15 years ago

"lucasgonze" wrote:
EnTerr, the way I got this done so quickly was that I happened to have a slice of free time right when this topic came up. But today I'm busy again. So if you can help get the code written for the new arg style I'm happy to make the change (or support both argument styles for the sake of "legacy" code).

My current source code is here: http://pastebin.com/n6v6VCPT

Ok, how about this (oops, i pasted it in pasta-bin too):


   if( params["trackIDs"] <> invalid ) then
     tidStr = params["trackIDs"] + " " 'extra space to simplify handling in loop
     playlist = []
     i = instr(1, tidStr, " ")
     while i>0
       digested =  ecp_digest_trackID(left(tidStr, i-1))
       if( digested <> invalid ) playlist.push(digested)
       tidStr = mid(tidStr, i+1)
       i = instr(1, tidStr, " ")
     end while
   end if